# Read only notice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167 "2020-12-16T05:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167/1 "2020-12-16T05:38:06Z")

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I’m getting a message in a blue box at the top of pages that says: “This site is in read only mode. Please continue to browse, but replying, likes, and other actions are disabled for now.” And yet, here I am posting. What’s up with that?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167/2 "2020-12-16T05:42:35Z")

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I was getting that notice for a couple of minutes, too. It’s gone now. And, clearly, we’re not in read-only mode. Glitch in the Matrix?

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167/3 "2020-12-16T05:44:38Z")

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Yeah, I got it twice.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167/4 "2020-12-16T05:48:51Z")

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167/5 "2020-12-16T05:49:34Z")

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Closed triplicate.

> [@Testing...read only? \[Message about site being in read only mode\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only/928166):
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> Hello. Is it me you’re looking for?